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GRUEL Steam Next Fest Demo Out Now

Boomer shooters are still in a renaissance in 2025, but something is missing from most of them. While they have the formula down, there’s a certain nostalgia to how some of these games looked in the 1990s, such as Outlaws or even Chex…

Tailside (PC) Preview

Have you ever wanted to run a café? Gaming lets us try things we normally wouldn’t get to try, such as running a cozy café filled with cute animals. As part of the Steam Next Fest, Tailside has a demo offering a…

Grimoire Groves (PC) Preview

I think it has been pretty well established by the number of reviews I’ve done on Rogue-likes that I’m a big fan of the genre. However, any chance I get to cross my love of Rogue-likes with my love of cozy games…

TCG Card Shop Simulator (PC) – Preview

I know that no one likes hearing stupid background details of how I do things, but in my word processor of choice I just duplicated my “chapter” for Nokta Games’ Supermarket Simulator. Admittedly it is something you don’t care about, but I’m…

Supermarket Simulator (PC) – Preview

I’m a fan of the early 2010s brand of crap German simulators you’d find in the bargain bins of odd shops. I say this because from there you find the gems of Euro Truck Simulator, Gas Station Simulator, and all the other…

Dungeon Clawler (PC) Preview

I love a good claw machine. In fact, when playing the Yakuza/Like a Dragon games I could spend hours playing around with the UFO Catcher mini-games. As such, it feels like a no-brainer to play a game like Dungeon Clawler, a Rogue-like…

Trash Goblin (PC) Preview

I’ve been following Trash Goblin for a while now, and I was immediately excited about it when I began to see trailers popping up. Now that Trash Goblin is in Early Access, I can say that it is shaping up to be…

Temtem: Swarm Demo Now Available

One of my most played games in 2024 has been Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor, a bullet-heaven spinoff of the acclaimed Deep Rock Galactic. Seeing more hours than the game it derives from, the bullet-heaven bug proves hard to shake, as the auto-attacking addictiveness has made…

Time to Morp (PC) Preview

Sometimes sandbox games drag on, giving you a bit too much freedom. Others give just enough freedom while letting you establish a casual, relaxing gameplay loop. Time to Morp, developed by Team Halfbeard from Latvia, manages to rein things in properly but…

Campfire Cozy Friends (PC) Preview

Animal Crossing: New Horizons was a huge release for Nintendo and the Cozy gaming genre. Games like Cozy Grove, Dreamlight Valley, and other cozy games have tried to take the genre into various directions. Campfire Cozy Friends also tries something new, but…